2009 CHEVROLET HHR Complaints

WHEN GENTLY BRAKING TO A STOP THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL HAS A CLICKING OR CLUNKING SOUND, NOT HEARD WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD. MINOR PULSING CAN BE FELT IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. FIRST TRIP TO DEALER THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG BUT TURNED THE DRUM AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A TIME. TWO MONTHS LATER PROBLEM IS BACK. THIS TIME DEALER REPORTED THEY TIGHTENED UP THE MUFFLER. MUFFLER IS ON LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM IS ON THE RIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. OTHER HHR OWNERS REPORT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME WHEEL. CHEVY DEALERS TELL US "THEY ALL DO IT". IT IS NOT CORRECT AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 10K MILES ON IT AND PROBLEM SURFACED SOON AFTER (NOT DOING IT AT PURCHASE). NOW HAS 19K MILES. 2009 HHR LT2. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC HHR-SS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST HER SEAT AND WAS PINCHED BY THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. THE BUCKLE DID NOT INJURE HER; HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOME MINOR DISCOMFORT. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF A CHILD WERE IN THE SEAT, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT ONSTAR WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO RESTART THE ENGINE. UPON DOING SO, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR OR BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 4,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY HAD DIED. AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, AND ELECTRONIC TRACTION CONTROL WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

AT 18,000 MILE MY 2009 CHEVROLET HHR STARTED SHAKING AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE GOING DOWN A 5% MOUNTAIN GRADE. WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER LEVELING OFF THE BRAKING RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND AT 24,000 MILE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE ROTORS HAD OVER HEATED AND WARPED. AT 44,000 MILE THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AGAIN AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE GOING DOWN A 5% MOUNTAIN GRADE. BRAKE PADS DO WEAR OUT. ROTORS DO NEED TO BE TURNED. VIOLENT SHAKING FROM ROTORS WARPING BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING IS NOT NORMAL. IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM MAY BE UNDERSIZED FOR THIS VEHICLE OR THAT INFERIOR PARTS ARE BEING USED. THE BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN APPLIED EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE IS NOT OVERLOADED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO SUDDEN BRAKING. THE HIGH MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS FROM FREEWAY DRIVING. *TR

CAR HAS INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE, INTERIOR LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENTS AND RADIO DIM, GO COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN POP BACK ON. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. I DRIVE TO WORK IN THE DARK AND THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT AND WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN IT RAINS AND THE LAW SAYS THEY SHOULD BE ON. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED PART OF THE WIRING. WHEN THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES AND THE DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THERE IS NO PROBLEM OTHER THAN ME. GENERAL MOTORS CALLED ABOUT THE SERVICE I HAVE RECEIVED AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD BRAKE FAILURE IN THIS NEW CHEVY HHR. BRAKES STARTED FEELING SOFT. I WAS DOING 65 MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY (DENVER C470) AND NEEDED TO BRAKE HARD. BRAKES WERE SOFT AND THE CAR PULLED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT - NEARLY TAKING ME INTO THE CAR BESIDE ME. THERE WERE NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS. HAD IT TOWED TO MEDVED CHEVY IN CASTLE ROCK, CO. THEY REPORT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS FULL. APPEARS TO HAVE AIR IN THE BRAKE LINE. THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BOTH FRONT CALIPERS. SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED THEY REALLY HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT THEY REPLACED THE MODULATOR VALVE SINCE IT WAS THE ONLY REMAINING COMPONENT THEY HAD NOT REPLACED. IN NONE OF THE 3 FAILURES COULD THEY FIND EVIDENCE OF ANY FLUID LEAKS. HE SAID THEY HAD WORKED WITH GM ENGINEERING WHO COULD NOT OFFER ANY OTHER SOLUTIONS. I'M PERSONALLY VERY WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT LET MY WIFE OR ANYONE ELSE DRIVE IT. *TR

THIS A 2009 CHEVROLET HHR 2.2 LITER ENGINE 4CYL. DURING RUSH HOUR IN THE MORNING,IN CITY TRAFFIC I WAS GETTING IN TO THE FREEWAY FLOW I HAD TO STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL ON AN OFF, WHEN I NOTICE THE CAR GOT SLUGGISH AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE AMOUNT OF REQUEST ON MY FOOT, I WAS LUCKY AND GOT OF THE FREEWAY THEN I NOTICED THE INFO ON THE INSTRUMENTATION PANEL WAS WARNING! "ENGINE POWER REDUCED", TURNED ENGINE OFF AND THE CAR STARED WORKING NORMALLY, THIS SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN A WEEK LATER AND THEN SOONER UNTIL THE CAR HAD NO POWER AND FINALLY DID NOT START ANY MORE I HAD E DIAGNOSTICS READ OUT AND DESCRIBED "WRONG READINGS ON THE THROTTLE BODY" AND "WRONG GAS PEDAL POSITION," I REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY A $400.00 PART DID NOT FIX IT THEN THE GAS PEDAL $90 DLLS PART, AND THAT FIXED IT! I' AM AN ELECTRICIAN FOR THE CITY,I WORKED IN THE ELECTRONICS MFG 25 YEARS, SO I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW THE SOURCE OF PROBLEMS SO I DISASSEMBLED THE GAS PEDAL, AND FOUND THAT THE CARBON ON THE POTENTIOMETER WAS WARN OUT, SO I NOTICED THAT THE STEEL SWEEPERS WHERE ASSEMBLED BACKWARDS AND THEY WERE SCRAPING THE CARBON AWAY OF THE LITTLE PC BOARD PART NO.807819 THIS IS INSIDE THE GAS PEDAL ASSY. PART NO.GM 20757615 MANUFACTURED II 5 24/08 OTHER INFO ON THE PEDAL (6PV 933 902-02) THE ENCLOSURE HAS THE HELLA BRAND LOGO. *TR

FAILURE OF BOTH HEADLIGHT LOW BEAMS IN NEW 2009 CHEVY HHR. FIRST TIME DRIVING THE CAR AT NIGHT, I NOTICED THAT I HAD NO LOW BEAMS. TOOK THE CAR TO MEDVED CHEVY IN CASTLE ROCK, CO WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. SERVICE REPORTED "LOW BEAMS INOP; FOUND OPEN IN TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, REPLACED SWITCH". COPY OF SERVICE INVOICE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

SECOND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE IN NEW 2009 CHEVY HHR. SEE ODI #10281421 FOR PRIOR COMPLAINT. IN COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOWN WHEN BRAKES BEGAN TO FEEL SOFT. WITHIN MINUTES THEY WOULD BARELY STOP THE CAR. USED THE HAND EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP CAR. THERE WERE NO PANEL LIGHTS INDICATING A BRAKE FAILURE. CHECK OF BRAKE FLUID SHOWED IT WAS FULL. TOOK CAR TO MEDVED CHEVY IN CASTLE ROCK, CO. THEY CONFIRMED THE BRAKE FAILURE. AFTER CONSULTING WITH GM, THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT CALIPERS. HOWEVER - THEY WERE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PRIOR CALIPERS AND BRAKE LINES DID NOT SHOW ANY APPARENT FLUIDS LEAKS. COPY OF REPAIR INVOICE IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SECOND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. *TR